CARSON, Calif. -- The LA Galaxy nearly added a player at the MLS transfer deadline, but according to head coach and general manager Bruce Arena, "forces" in the league prevented them from completing a move.

"We came close. There were just forces in the league that prevented us from doing it," said Arena. "I won't go into the details, but that's the reason. Our organization did everything possible to secure a player and unfortunately there were forces fighting really hard to not allow that to happen. Subsequently it didn't.

"We did everything possible to acquire a player and probably should have been able to do that."